It's been a while since I've last posted. With all the transition of a new job, home, and life there really hasn't been a moment when I could have sit down and write.
There's been alot happening. We survived our first month living off campus. We really are having $$ shock with the cost of paying for electricity and random other items. We had a huge snow storm which caused us to be snowed in with no power. Then we had a clogged toilet and had to get new tires on Karl's car. To say the least, the plan to save money for buying a house has diminished. We're still hoping to do so in April but I have little hope on this now. We may just have to rent for a year in a house closer to my work.
Work has been good - I'm adjusting to a new campus and culture. I'm trying to figure out how to gather all the pieces of my job from others who have been taking care of it since no one was in this position for a while. I really enjoy the campus, students, and the people I work with. The commute is the hard part with roughly 40 hours a week is spent traveling. That's alot on my body. I leave my house usually 5am to go work out, catch the train by 7am, and get into work by 8am. Then work work until 4:45pm and catch the train back to Newark, getting home (hopefully) by 6:45pm. I leave and return in darkness. Now that daylight savings time has occurred, there's still light when I get home which makes it better but not really. I prefer to get home no later than 6pm so there's time for dinner and play. Karl has been so flexible and amazing with this whole situation. He really has taken on the "stay-at-home" role. He stills works (usually 1-9pm) but the kids stay with him in the morning and all day Fridays. They do trips to museums, the Y, and the library. Everyday when I get home there's new art projects and stories of their adventures. O how I wish I could be with them.
So we're adjusting to this new life. I'm missing my flexibility and ease of my Delaware job. I miss my family and homelife but hopefully we can move and improve our situation.
